They pay for the overnights themselves and donīt get it back, thatīs the point...
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What happens if they turn down the flight, on the grounds that it is not worth undertaking if they have to pay their own accommodation? They are freelance, after all. Does the company have other pilots they can call up?
I previously worked for a company like that. They tore up my contract and put me on "freelance", with abysmal rates. I didn't have much choice at first but to accept the rates and carry on, but then one day the Chief Pilot rang me to tell me that there was a flight booked for the next day, and that I should report at 6am to the airfield. I told him - "sorry, I am flying for another company tomorrow - can't make it!". He had to cancel the flight - which was with a regular client. He soon realised that you can't actually run a reliable operation using freelance pilots.